Now, I can't play for you like that
Ardyn
Master Fighter (250)
Master Hunter (240)
Knight
Bloodletter
6 Years
Male
1056
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| Ardyn Cadeyrn Aodhán Phoenix Adravendi |
He’d been keeping a loose track on the Valhallans that had come to the carnival, mostly with Lyr’s help. They could take care of themselves, of course, but it was nice to have an eye in the sky. His mother was by far one of the easiest to watch from the glowing raven’s bird’s eye view.
Ardyn strolled idly through the crowds, watching the bustle and crowds and the coydogs. It certainly seemed that the theme overall was related to love; not merely that of a couple, but that of family and friends, and he wondered if he’d come away with a few more new friends by the time the Carnival and the tournament closed shop and moved on.
He glanced away from watching a small family of pups barreling through in a stampede of paws and wagging tails ahead of their parents, just in time to side-step quickly to avoid walking into a small yearling.
“Sorry, Miss, I wasn’t watching my path.”
His rich voice was genuinely apologetic as he studied her to be absolutely certain he’d not come into contact or ruffled her and missed it. He was pretty sure he hadn’t felt any contact, but you never knew…
She was small, like many wolves around his age he’d encountered so far, with a coat that resembled the winter sky when the auroras flashed and fluttered over the sky, and a pair of golden eyes. Still, her size was bigger than his own sister and a couple other girls he'd met, so he didn't give that detail much thought as he added an apologetic smile.
Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Labhair an Sean-Teanga." ---- "Hear" ---- Think |
Ardyn at first glance is as black as can be imagined with a raven sheen.
Closer inspection proves that he shimmers in fire tones in every hair on his hide right down to his lashes.
More obviously, he glows like a bed of coals and flames with every movement and brush of fur. His tail is usually wagging, so blazes like a torch.
His adult teeth are in and his saber canines have grown to their full length (see profile). His mane and tail hair have grown to full length, as well as being lightweight and easily buffeted by breezes.
A look at his front paws will give the impression of hands, with his dew claw dropped low and lengthened into a functioning thumb, and his toes elongated into fingers. He has retractable, solid black cat-like claws on every paw.
Ardyn has developed a glowing mast of intricate markings in fire and ice colors over his face, symmetrical over the last seasons of Year 17 (see profile for details). During hunts or raids/sieges, he will smudge them out with black soot to cover the glow, otherwise, they are bright enough to note at first direct glance at his face. Not all his artwork currently portrays the mask markings.
He is also often bedecked in beads, small bells, feathers in blues, ribbons and braids thanks to the Ooze Event of Halloween 2021, and the Coathanger item that he got. The accessories generally are seen most in his mane and tail hair. He removes the brighter items and bells for hunts or battle.